Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1868)

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Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1868)

Fig. 14A

Deltochilum aberrans Harold, 1868a: 8 (original description). Type locality: Colombia. Name-bearing type: syntype (MNHN), examined by FZVM.

Canthon bifurcatus Robinson, 1948a: 37 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Mérida. Name-bearing type: holotype (USNM) (originally in Mark Robinson’s personal collection; Robinson 1948a), not examined.

Canthon juanae Martínez, 1949b: 176 (original description). Type locality: Bolivia: La Paz: Nor Yungas: Choro River at its confluence with the Coroico River, camp “Dalen”, 700 m a.s.l. Name-bearing type: having been originally deposited in Martínez’s personal collection ( Martínez 1949b), the holotype would now be expected to be in MACN (see Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello 2018), but MC did not find it there in 2014. MC located in the museum solely six specimens labelled as paratypes.

Deltochilum aberrans – Harold 1869d: 995 (catalogue, distribution); 1880: 18 (distribution). — Gillet 1911b: 35 (catalogue). — Campos 1921: 55 (list, cited for Ecuador). — Blackwelder 1944: 202 (checklist). — Martínez 1947b: 113 (notes, correction). — Pereira & d’Andretta 1955: 48 (synonym).— Vulcano& Pereira1964: 636 (catalogue).— Solís &Kohlmann 2002:5 (redescription).

Paedhyboma aberrans – Kolbe 1893: 191 (transferred to the genus). — Shipp 1897: 195 (cited). — Paulian 1939: 21 (redescription, distribution). — Balthasar 1941: 345 (catalogue, cited for Peru); 1951: 330 (cited for Peru). — Martínez 1947b: 113 (corrections to the work of Blackwelder 1944). — Gacharná 1951: 221 (catalogue for Colombia). — Pereira & d’Andretta 1955: 48 (synonymy). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 636 (catalogue of species); 1967: 551 (key). — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 87 (monograph). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 (synonym).

Canthon juanae – Martínez 1951: 23 (cited as synonym of Canthon bifurcatus ). — Pereira 1953: 394 (cited as synonym of Canthon plicatipennis ). — Pereira & d’Andretta 1955: 48 (cited as synonym of Canthon aberrans ). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 636 (cited as synonym of Paedhyboma aberrans ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 (cited as synonym of Canthon aberrans ).

Canthon aberrans – Pereira & d’Andretta 1955: 48 (transferred to the genus). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 636 (cited). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 (redescription, distribution). — Hamel-Leigue et al. 2006: 13 (cited for Bolivia). — Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 195 (checklist for Peru).

Canthon bifurcatus – Pereira & d’Andretta 1955: 48 (cited as synonym of Canthon aberrans ). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 636 (cited as synonym of Paedhyboma aberrans ). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 (cited as synonym of Canthon aberrans ).

Canthon (Canthon) aberrans – Halffter & Martínez 1977: 87 (transferred to the subgenus). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191 (checklist for Brazil). — Medina et al. 2001: 135 (checklist for Colombia); 2003: 64 (Appendix 1). — Ratcliffe 2002: 12 (checklist for Panama). — Carvajal et al. 2011: 314–315 (cited for Ecuador). — Krajcik 2012: 63 (checklist). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 (redescription, distribution). — Chamorro et al. 2018: 85, 87, 92 (figs 8a, 10h, key for Ecuador). — Chamorro et al. 2019: 43 (catalogue).

Deltochilum (Paedhyboma) aberrans – Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 (redescription).

Distribution

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia ( Solís & Kohlmann 2002).

Subregion of Venezuela

Andes mountains.

Literature records

Robinson 1948a: 37 ( Venezuela: Mérida). — Martínez 1951: 23 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 636 ( Venezuela). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 5 ( Venezuela). — Chamorro et al. 2019: 42 ( Venezuela).

Figures

Fig. 14. Species distribution.A. Canthon aberrans (Harold, 1868).B. Canthon balachowskyi (Martínez & Halffter, 1972). Black circle = literature data.